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Pixie

pixie

Origin: For Pucksy, from Puck.

1. An old english name for a fairy; an elf.

Alternative forms: picksy.

2. (Science: botany) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in new Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring. Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle.

(Science: botany) Pixy stool, a toadstool or mushroom.


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Hello, i was wondering if anyone has the protocol for extracting extracellular matrix from tissue? after hearing about pixie dust i figured it would be a nice idea to have a little stash of the stuff. Ive been googling for articles for two days and can come up with nothing (though ...

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